Bertha Beatrice (Hollett) Godwin (1880 - 1968)

Born Apr 1880 in Redfield, Dallas, Iowa, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Andrew LeRoy Godwin — married 25 Jul 1900 in Guthrie, Iowa, United States

Died 11 Jan 1968 at age 87 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States

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Biography

Des Moines Register

Services for Mrs. Bertha Beatrice Godwin, 87, of Linden, formerly of Des Moines, who died Thursday at Iowa Methodist Hospital, will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Hamilton's Funeral Home, with burial at Highland Memory Gardens.

Born in Redfield, she lived in Des Moines 31 years, moved to Waukee for 18 years and has lived in Linden the last 12 years. She was a member of the Wiscotta Chapter of the Eastern Star and the Methodist Church.

Surviving are two sons, Dick of Des Moines and Rex of West Des Moines; three daughters, Lelia M. Wilkerson of Garden Grove, Mary Louise Herrick of Woodward and Lillian Arlene White of Long Beach, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Lillian Gowin of Shenandoah, 13 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.

Sources

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLF-6M54 : 11 July 2016), Bertha Beatrice Hollett Godwin, 1968; Burial, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States of America, Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery; citing record ID 98617328, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.